Part 6-Escape

"A lameass and a fatass… You would dare to rear your ugly faces in our village…"

I know that voice… Shikamaru shot a quick glare at Chouji so that he would contain himself, before turning to face the girl that had snuck up on them "… North gate's Tayuya… was it?"

"How do you know?"

"Sasuke had to write a report on what happened, of course all four of your names were revealed…"

"… I'm surprised you reared your ugly faces here, especially the fatass. To tell the truth, I thought he was dead… Orochimaru-sama will be interested to see you three, especially the girl," Tayuya grabbed Ino's arm and began to drag her away, Shikamaru attempted his kagemane ossan to find that it didn't work, "I wouldn't recommend it, you were sprayed with a chakra stopping drug as soon as you entered the village. Any attempt at using your chakra will cause physical and possibly permanent damage, if you plan on living for longer than 24 hours, I'd recommend coming with me." She clicked her fingers and two Jounins bound Chouji and Shikamaru and led them… somewhere…

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Shikamaru opened his eyes and looked to his side to see Chouji rocking back and forth with his arms around his legs and his head resting on his knees, he then surveyed the room that they were in, The walls were made of a black stone, probably onyx, and the door was made of steel, or titanium, it looked like it weighed about a ton.

"Chouji…?"

"They took my food…" Chouji grabbed his stomach and curled up in to a ball, "I'm hungry Shikamaru…"

"Get over it…" Shikamaru put a palm on the door and tried to feel the strength of it, "Do you think we can use our chakra yet…?"

"Doubt it…" Chouji collapsed onto his back and sighed, "I don't feel any chakra yet…"

Shikamaru felt around inside the look to see how complicated it was, "The lock's quite simple, it's gonna be hard to crack without any jutsu…"

"You know how to pick locks?"

"One of the few times I was awake in class…" He took a kunai out of his holster and pushed it in to the lock, he wiggled it around until he heard a loud pop, "… the kunai won't go in any further…" Shikamaru sat back down and sighed, there had to be a way to get out of that room

"Shikamaru?"

"Yeah?"

"Where's Ino?"

"I have no idea…" Shikamaru threw himself back down onto the floor. As if she had heard them, a scream reverberated through them and their onyx 'prison'

"Shikamaru," Chouji jumped up and ran over to Shikamaru, "That was-"

"Ino…" Shikamaru racked his brain to figure a way out of their cell; another scream pierced through them and triggered an idea. He searched through the pockets of his jacket and pulled out a scroll.

"Shikamaru, you're not going to…"

"Use the scroll?" Shikamaru undid the seal and opened up the scroll, "it's the only way to save Ino…"

"You heard Tayuya, any attempt at chakra usage could kill you…"

"THEN WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST!" Shikamaru flew around to face Chouji; both of them were stunned by his sudden outburst, "Chouji… If I can help you and Ino escape, then I will gladly sacrifice myself to do it, I would prefer only one of us dies rather than all three. Besides, this little shouldn't kill me, at worst… It'll rupture the chakra pathways in my arms and I'll have to quit as a ninja…"

"Best case scenario?"

"The chakra stopping drug has worn out and I'll be fine…"

"Worst case?"

"Worst case scenario…?" Shikamaru bit his thumb and traced it across the scroll; leaving a trail of blood, "It kills me…" He channelled his chakra into the scroll and bit his lip in pain. He shoved the scroll into the lock and dragged Chouji to the farthest corner of the room

"Are you ok?"

"I think I broke my wrist…" Shikamaru held on to his wrist and turned his face away as the lock on the door exploded and flew across the room. The door creaked open, Chouji looked out first with Shikamaru behind him.

"No security… they underestimated us…" Chouji stepped out cautiously

"No…" Shikamaru looked around, "They expected us to escape… more than likely they'd normally expect us to go after Ino, but if they've doe their research they'll know that I've already thought of that and decided to complete the mission first, so we'll surprise them by doing the unexpected…"

"Which is?"

He turned around and looked up at a camera, he then threw a shuriken at the camera and turned back to face Chouji. "We're going to save Ino"

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A/N-This chapter is hot of the press, I haven't even started the next one yet; I just saved this one as soon as I finished it!